Studlands Rise First School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Royston, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.39 miles

Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.27

0.39

0.32

0.46

0.25

0.47

0.27

0.39

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Studlands Rise First School is a primary school in Royston, Hertfordshire for ages 3–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Studlands Rise First School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	0.39 mi
Reception 2025	0.27 mi
Reception 2024	0.47 mi
Reception 2023	0.25 mi
Reception 2022	0.46 mi
Reception 2021	0.32 mi
Reception 2020	0.39 mi
Reception 2019	0.27 mi
Reception 2018	0.24 mi
Reception 2017	0.39 mi
Reception 2016	0.42 mi
Reception 2015	0.57 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

5.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.39 miles away, under one of its admission criteria, further out than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Studlands Rise, Royston, SG8 9HB
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 170 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.4

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy their time in this school, where they are safe, have fun and learn well.”
“Pupils have warm and respectful relationships with everyone in the school.”
“They share a sense of kindness throughout the school.”

To improve

“At times, pupils finish their learning and staff do not address this quickly enough.”
“When this happens, pupils do not make the progress that they could because they are not moved on swiftly enough to new learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.

Icknield Walk First School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Tannery Drift School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Roman Way Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Reed First School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
Therfield First School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
Barley (VA) Church of England First School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
Barkway VA Church of England First School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published